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The Growing Movement of s rie Estate Distille
f o a r E w e AN s s a l G o t n Grai Written by rl Maggie Kimbe
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A DECADE AGO, Eric Felten wrote “Your ‘Craft’ Whiskey Is Probably From a Factory Distillery in Indiana,” alerting whiskey drinkers to the fact that sourcing whiskey was much more common than they might realize. The American craft spirits boom was barely percolating back then — active DSPs were numbered in the dozens, not the thousands like they are now — and artisan distillers worked to educate whiskey geeks about how to tell whether a distillery
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had actually made the product they were selling. Bottled-in-bond spirits became a way to distinguish handcrafted spirits from those bottled from bulk or sourced whiskey. As time went on, many craft distilleries rose from farming traditions, either through farmers who started distilleries or through distilleries that partnered with local farmers to source unique grains. However,it has only been in the last few years that a few states have
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